ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,576, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Golden Bear LLC (Columbus, Ohio).
"Externally-powered strapping tool and a strapping tool assembly utilized therein" was invented by Joshua Robert Sikora (Columbus, Ohio), Stephen William Sikora (Columbus, Ohio) and Charles Russell Patzer (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An externally-powered strapping tool that includes a strapping tool assembly configured to perform one or more strapping operations; and an external power source operatively coupled thereto, the external power source being attached to the strapping tool assembly in a substantially immovable manner. According to an...